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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. F. RHIND, S, G. STODDARD & G. W. BALDWIN.

HOLDER FOR BICYCLE LAMPS.

No. 559,951. Patented May 12, l896.-

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

S. G. STODDARD & G. W. BALDWIN.

HOLDER FOB. BIGYGLE LAMPS.

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No. 559,951. Patented May 12, 1896.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

FRANK RIIIND, SAMUEL G. STODDARD, AND GEORGE \V. BALDlVIN, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO THE BRIDGEPORT BRASS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HOLDER FOR BICYCLE-LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,951, dated May 12, 1896.

Application filed December 26, 1895. Serial No. 673,331. (No model.)

Zb all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANK RHIND, SAM- UEL G. STODDARD, and GEORGE W. BALD- 'WIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Bicycle-Lamps, and we dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention has for its object to provide an adjustable holder for attaching lamps to bicycles which will wholly dispense with the use of brackets and spring connections, will permit the adjustment of the lamp both in the vertical and horizontal planes, will carry the lamp at either side of a bicycle-head and in close proximity to the head or will carry the lamp on the fork at either side of the bicycle.

- lVith these ends in view we have devised the novel holder of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, letters and numbers being used to designate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the use of one form of our novel holder in attaching a lamp to a bicycle-head, the side plates being part of the carrier and the drum part of the lamp; Fig. 2, a section of the head or handle -bar rod of a bicycle, showing the holder in plan and a lamp carried in front of the head, and also showing in dotted lines a position of the holder when carrying a lamp at one side of the head; Fig. 3, a detail sectional view on the line so so in Fig. 2 Fig. 4, an elevation of the carrier detached; Fig. 5, an elevation illustrating another form of our novel holder; Fig. 6, a plan View corresponding with Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 is a section of the left branch of a bicycle-fork, showing the manner in which a lamp is carried upon the fork, the block in this instance being made part of the carrier and the side plates made part of the lamp, this arrangement of side plates and drum being a reversal of the arrangement in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive.

For the purposes of this specification the term holder is used to designate the device as a whole.

Our novel holder consists, essentially, of a carrier A, to which the lamp is pivotallyconnected, so as to swing in the vertical plane, and a clamp B, to which the carrier is adjustably connected, so that the carrier and lamp may be placed in any required position in the horizontal plane. The lamp may be locked to the carrier at any required adjustment in the vertical plane and the carrier, and with it the lamp maybe locked to the clamp at any required adjustment in the horizontal plane and the clamp, and with it both carrier and lamp maybe adjustablysecured to either the head, handle-bar, rod, or fork of a bicycle. Either the lamp or the carrier is provided with a part 1, which may be of any suitable shape, and which for convenience we designate a block or drum. This block lies between side plates 2, which may be part of the carrier, as in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, and be rigidly locked to a block extending from the lamp, or the side plates may extend from the lamp, as in Fig. 7, and be rigidly locked to a block or drum forming a portion of the carrier.

The side plates and block may be locked together in any suitable manner, as by means of a locking-bolt O, which passes through the side plates and through the block. This locking-bolt may be made in any ordinary or preferred manner, as our invention is not limited to any special form of locking-bolt. l Ve preferably, however, use a locking-bolt of the form illustrated in Figs. '1 and 2, said bolt consisting of a head 3, which lies on the outer side of one of the side plates, and an internally-threaded shank at, which passes through said side plate. This internally-threaded shank is engaged by a bolt 5, which passes through the bottom of a cup 6 and through the other side plate, as indicated in Fig. 2. The head 7 of this bolt, which lies within the cup, is provided with recesses 8 to receive a key in the usual manner. Should it be necessary to adjust the lamp in the vertical plane, the operator simply loosens the locking-bolt sul'liciently to permit the side plates .or the block, as may be, to be turned slightly IOC on the locking-bolt to place the lamp in the required position and then locks the side plates to the block by tightening up the'locking-bolt again. At the rear end of the carrier, in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, is a stud 9, by means of which the carrier is hinged to the clamp in such a manner as to permit adjustment of the carrier and lamp in substantially the horizontalplane. The clamp consists of two arms .10, which are depressed, as at 11, to adapt them to partially inclose the head or handle-bar rod of a bicycle, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and are also depressed, as at12, to adapt them to partially inclose the fork of a bicycle, as clearly shown in Fig. 7. The forward ends of the arms are each provided with an upper eye 13 and a lower eye 14. In this form the construction is such as to permit the arms with the eyes and also the carrier to be blanked out and formed from sheet metal. between the inner eyes, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and the parts are locked together by a bolt 15, the thread of which is engaged by a nut 16. To adjust the carrier and the lamp in the horizontal plane, it is simply necessary to loosen the nut sufficiently to permit the stud upon the carrier to be turned relatively to the eyes upon the clamps. Having adjusted the carrier and lamp in the required position, they are locked there by tightening up the nut again. A locking-bolt to be operated by a key-as, for example, a lockingbolt Gmay, of course, be substituted for bolt 15, if preferred. are locked to the head, handle-bar rod, or fork of abicycle by means of a bolt 17 which may be operated by a key, as in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 or may be an ordinary bolt, as in Figs. 1 and 2, in which we have shown the bolt as passing through both arms and the arms as locked upon the head or fork of a bicycle by means of a nut 18.

\Vhen using this form of holder, should the rider desire to carry his lamp at either side of the head of a, bicycle-as, for example, where a brake-rodlies in front of the headit is simply necessary to place the parts. as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The clamp, and with it the carrier and lamp, may be adjusted atany time upon the head by simply loosening bolt 17 sufiiciently to permit the arms to be moved on the head and then tightening up the bolt again after adjustment;

In Fig. 7, we have illustrated the use of our novel holder in attaching a bicycle-lamp to the fork of a bicycle, depressions 12 being shown as engaging the fork. In this figure we have also illustrated the reverse position of the block or drum and the side plates, the

side plates in this instance being made part of the lamp and. the block or drum made part In assembling, stud 9is placed The arms of the clamp.

of the carrier. Either form may be used, as preferred.

In the form illustrated in Figs. 4c and 5 the side plates are shown as made integral with a shank 19. The clamp in this form consists of arms 10, which are pivoted to a block 20. This block is provided with holes 21, which pass through it in the horizontal plane at right angles to each other. .These holes re ceive shank 19 in either of the positions shown in full or dotted lines in Fig. 6, so as to give precisely the same adjustments of the carrier and lamp relatively either to a head, handlebar rod, or fork, as are shown in Figs. 2 and '7. Having inserted the shank in one of the holes in the block, the carrier, and with it the lamp, are locked in position by a bolt 22,

. which may be operated by a key in the same manner as bolt 5 in Fig. 2, the head of the bolt lying in a cup 6, which rests upon the top of the block. It will of course be apparent that the side plates and the block may be reversed in this form the same as in the other-that is to say, the side plates maybe made part of the lamp and the block formed integral with the shank; in other words, made part of the carrier in practically the same manner as in Fig. 7.

Having thus described our invention, we claim 1. The combination with a bicycle-lamp and a carrier,one of said partshaving a block 1 and the other part having side plates lying on opposite sides of the block and means for pivotally. securing said side plates to the block, of a clamp to which the carrier is adj ust-ably connected, said clamp consisting of arms provided with depressions to adapt them to engage a bicycle-head and with other depressions to adapt them to engage a bicyclefork and means for locking the arms to the bicycle.

2. The combination with a bicycle-lamp and a carrier to which the lamp is pivotally connected, of a clamp consisting of two arms to which the carrier is adjustably connected, said carrier and the arms of the clamp being formed from single pieces of sheet metal and said arms having depressions 11 to partially i-nclose a bicycle-head and depressions 12 to partially inclose a bicycle-fork and a lockingbolt which passes through the arms between the depressions.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK RHIND. SAMUEL G. STODDARD. GEORGE IV. BALDIVIN.

lVitnesses:

NELsoN M. BEACH, E. V. FAIRCHILD. 

